HB 0043 |
Inactive | Amended FY 17 Supplemental Budget |
David Ralston |
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2/15/2017 |
Effective Date |
Appropriations |
Appropriations |
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| This legislation contains amendments to the State's current budget for fiscal year 2016-2017. It is generally referred to as the "supplemental budget." For a summary of this bill click here. |
HB 0044 |
Inactive | FY 18 Big Budget |
David Ralston |
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5/1/2017 |
Effective Date |
Appropriations |
Appropriations |
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| This legislation contains the State's budget for fiscal year 2017-2018. For a summary of the budget, click here. |
HB 0149 |
Neutral | Requirement for Counties to Use Only GBI Approved Trauma Scene Cleanup Services and Consolidation of Fire Services |
Alan Powell |
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3/29/2018 |
Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
Public Safety |
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| This legislation preempts county and city governments from requiring licenses or permits for trauma scene waste management practitioners or regulated waste transporters. When hiring a company to cleanup or remove trauma scene waste, counties and cities must hire a company approved by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. This bill was amended to include S.B. 319 which provides for the Consolidation of all Fire Services into a separate state agency. |
HB 0168 |
Neutral | Upper Oconee Basin Water Authority; abolish Upper Oconee Resource Management Commission |
Regina Quick |
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7/1/2017 |
Effective Date |
Natural Resources & Environment |
State and Local Governmental Operations |
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HB 0171 |
Inactive | Meriwether County Water and Sewerage Authority; members and chairperson; change designation |
Robert Trammell |
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5/1/2017 |
Effective Date |
Intragovernmental Coordination |
State and Local Governmental Operations |
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HB 0183 |
Support | Georgia Geospatial Advisory Council |
Robert Dickey |
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7/1/2017 |
Effective Date |
State Planning & Community Affairs |
Natural Resources and the Environment |
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| This legislation transfers the Georgia Geospatial Advisory Council from the Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Community Affairs and removes the council's sunset. The Council makes recommendations on utilizing Georgia's geospatial capabilities to meet federal notification requirements, achieving governmental data interoperability and advancing geospatial technology among Georgia's state and local governments. |
HB 0205 |
Support | Fracking Regulations |
John Meadows |
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5/8/2018 |
Effective Date |
Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications |
Regulated Industries and Utilities |
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| This legislation amends the Oil and Gas Deep Drilling Act of 1975. It requires the creation of regulations governing hydraulic fracturing. Counties and cities have the ability to adopt local zoning or land use ordinances limiting the location or timing of fracking activities to protect natural resources, human life and human welfare. A three percent severance tax will be required from the sale price of the gas and oil obtained. Counties, where the fracking occurs, can enact local ordinances or resolutions to levy its own severance tax, which can't exceed nine cents per barrel of oil or two cents per thousand cubic feet of gas. |
HB 0238 |
Inactive | Solar Farms - Removal from Conservation Use Easements |
James Hatchett |
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4/17/2017 |
Effective Date |
Ways & Means |
Finance |
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| This bill amends both CUVA (Conservation Use Valuation Act) and FLPA (Forest Land Protection Act) and allows a property owner to use covenant property for solar generation of electricity without triggering a breach of the covenant. The portion of the property to be used for solar generation 1) must be removed from the covenant at the time the solar energy equipment is installed via boundary survey and 2) will be subject to ad valorem taxation at fair market value. |
HB 0253 |
Support | Dog and Cat License Plates |
Wendell Willard |
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3/27/2018 |
Senate Tabled |
Motor Vehicles |
Public Safety |
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| This legislation amends the special license plates to help fund dog and cat reproductive sterilization support. |
HB 0332 |
Support | Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Act |
Sam Watson |
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7/1/2019 |
Effective Date |
Natural Resources & Environment |
Appropriations |
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| This bill creates the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship program. The intent of this legislation is to provide dedicated funding for state parks and state wildlife management areas as well as support to local parks and trails. Forty percent of the proceeds of all state sales tax from outdoor recreation items would be appropriated for the protection and preservation of conservation land. The General Assembly has the ability to increase this amount up to the 80%.
Counties would be eligible to apply for grants and loans from this newly created trust fund. A Board of Trustees of the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund is created to oversee the grant/loan applications. The composition of the board could include representatives from local government.
In addition, each county in which is located 20,000 acres or more of unimproved real property belonging to the state and under the custody or control of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GA DNR), in which such state-owned property exceeds 10 percent of the taxable real property in the county, and in which such property represents 10 percent or more of the assessed tax digest of the county may receive from the GA DNR an annual grant. Only land acquired with Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund money would be used in the calculation of this grant.
The bill is contingent upon a proposed constitutional amendment, found in HR 238, which would be placed on the ballot for the November, 2018 state-wide general election.
Additional Information: https://georgiaoutdoorstewardship.org/ |
HB 0367 |
Negotiating | Public Employees Privacy Protection |
Brian Strickland |
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2/16/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Judiciary |
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| This legislation allows certain public safety and judicial officials to execute a certificate of redacted information that requires counties to redact the home address and telephone number of the public safety or judicial official and their relatives from the county's website or other Internet access point within the county's control. |
HB 0387 |
Neutral | Solid Waste Management - Coal Ash (Utilities) |
Jeff Jones |
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2/17/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Natural Resources & Environment |
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| This legislation addresses the disposal of coal combustion residuals (coal ash) and requires certain electric utilities and power producers to convert to dry storage. |
HB 0388 |
Evaluating | Solid Waste Management - Coal Ash (Landfills) |
Jeff Jones |
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2/17/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Natural Resources & Environment |
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| This legislation addresses the disposal of coal combustion residuals (coal ash) in landfills. Landfill owners would be required to create a managment plan if they receive or are planning to receive coal ash. In addition, landfill owners would be required to notify the local governing authorities of the county, and any city within the county in which the landfill is located, upon the initial submission of a said plan or upon submission of an amended plan. |
HB 0413 |
Inactive | Petroleum Pipelines: Regulations and Permitting |
Don Parsons |
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5/9/2017 |
Effective Date |
Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications |
Regulated Industries and Utilities |
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| This legislation provides guidelines on the use of eminent domain, siting, permitting and construction of petroleum pipelines in Georgia. New pipeline construction or an expansion requires a permit from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD). This bill also requires notice be placed in the county legal organ where the proposed new or expanded pipeline will be located and requires notice be provided to landowners whose property is located within 1,000 feet of the proposed new or expanded pipeline. |
HB 0465 |
Neutral | Industrial Hemp Commission |
John Pezold |
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2/24/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Judiciary Non-Civil |
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| This legislation creates the Industrial Hemp Commission. This commission will oversee, regulate and promote the research and development of industrial hemp and hemp products in Georgia. |
HB 0512 |
Oppose | Storm Water Utility Fees - Water Neutral Properties |
Regina Quick |
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3/1/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Natural Resources & Environment |
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| This legislation prohibits counties and cities from assessing stormwater utility fees on properties certified as a water-neutral site by a professional engineer. The property owner would be responsible for submitting the proof of certification. |
HB 0516 |
Neutral | Increase in "Live-Aboard" Days on Vessels from 90 to 120 Days |
Jason Spencer |
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3/3/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Natural Resources & Environment |
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| This legislation amends the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act of 1970 by increasing the days one could live aboard a vessel from 90 days to 120 days during any calendar year. |
HB 0665 |
Neutral | Notices for Abandoned Vessels |
Eddie Lumsden |
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3/9/2018 |
Senate Read Second Time |
Natural Resources and Environment |
Natural Resources and the Environment |
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| If an abandoned vessel is determined to be stolen, the local law enforcemnt officers or agency should notify only the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. The bill removes the Georgia Crime Information Center from being an agency requiring such notification. |
HB 0683 |
Support | FY 2018 Amended Budget |
David Ralston |
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3/9/2018 |
Effective Date |
Appropriations |
Appropriations |
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| Please click here for a summary of the amended budget. |
HB 0684 |
Evaluating | Fiscal Year 2019 State Budget |
David Ralston |
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5/2/2018 |
Effective Date |
Appropriations |
Appropriations |
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HB 0693 |
Oppose | Prohibits Liens on Property Where Solid Waste Fees Are Delinquent |
Brett Harrell |
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2/21/2018 |
Senate Read and Referred |
Ways and Means |
Natural Resources and the Environment |
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| This legislation would repeal the state law that permits local governments to place liens on properties for unpaid trash fees without going to court first. Local governments would still have other collection options, including filing a claim in Magistrate Court; a judgment from Magistrate Court can still be filed as a lien against the property of the debtor. Because direct filing of trash liens provides another tool for local government collection of unpaid fees, ACCG opposes this legislation. The House passed HB 693 on 2/20/18. Vote Tally Link |
HB 0748 |
Evaluating | Community Association Transparency and Protection Act |
William Boddie |
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2/5/2018 |
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
Judiciary |
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| This legislation, mirroring SB 374, significantly revises state law on residential property associations (condominium, cooperative and homeowners') and the responsibilities of both developers and residents. Among provisions, the bill stipulates turnover and transition requirements; requires developers to establish a two-year operating budget prior to turnover/transition which includes reserve accounts for capital expenditures and deferred maintenance; requires developers to post performance and maintenance bonds; and spells out civil penalties for violations of the Act. For the proponents' summary of the bill, please click here. |
HB 0752 |
Evaluating | Investigative and Arrest Powers Granted to GEMA for Homeland Security Purposes |
Alan Powell |
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1/30/2018 |
House Second Readers |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
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| This legislation expands the scope of GEMA and grants them arrest and investigative powers and statewide jurisdiction in homeland security matters. |
HB 0764 |
Neutral | Lawful Possession of Certain Quantities of Low THC Oil |
David Clark |
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3/1/2018 |
Senate Read and Referred |
Judiciary - Non-Civil |
Health and Human Services |
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HB 0777 |
Neutral | Historic Chattahoochee Commission Repealed |
Gerald Greene |
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7/1/2018 |
Effective Date |
Interstate Cooperation |
Interstate Cooperation |
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| The legislation repeals in its entirety the Historic Chattahoochee Commission (HCC), which was organized in the 1970s to promote tourism and historic preservation throughout the Lower Chattahoochee River Valley. More info on the HCC can be found here. |